Students Diverted From Schools Used as Shelters

Most New York City public-school students will head back to class Monday after missing an entire week. But city officials say some 65 schools have suffered severe damage and will close through the end of the year, requiring the relocation of approximately 38,000 students. See a map of all the schools damaged by the storm.

Eight large public high schools that have been serving as shelters for homeless people and storm evacuees won’t welcome students back on Monday as originally planned, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday.

The plan to allow students to go to school alongside shelter evacuees had been criticized. Teachers warned of hazardous conditions that wouldn’t be conducive to learning.

Students at schools used as shelters, including Brooklyn Tech High School and Susan Wagner High School on Staten Island, will have another day off on Monday but return on Wednesday, schools spokeswoman Erin Hughes said. The city already announced plans to relocate students in 57 schools deemed unusable. (See the list of schools and their relocation sites here.) Schools officials repeatedly warned that number could change, and schools could come back on line.